Rescue teams combing through the flood-hit areas along a river in Yuzhong County, northwest China's Gansu Province for survivors on Saturday found and evacuated an octogenarian couple and their young grandchild, who were attempting to reach safety on foot .
Torrential rains, which led to mountain torrents, began pounding Yuzhong, under the jurisdiction of the provincial capital of Lanzhou, as well as other areas of Lanzhou, on Thursday evening.
During Saturday's search and rescue operations along a river in Maliantan Village, one of the hardest-hit areas, rescuers found an octogenarian couple and their young grandchild, who were trying to hike through a severely damaged road section strewn with debris. The rescue team immediately relocated the couple and their grandchild to safety.
Search and rescue efforts are still underway with rescuers racing against time to search for survivors using large machines, search dogs, drones and life detection radars.
Rescuers evacuate octogenarian couple, grandchild from Gansu floods during search efforts
